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You’re taking an extreme and ultimately wrong position. The the name of this nonsense, the Internet Archive damaged itself, perhaps mortally and damaged the co
by Spooky23 2y ago
You’re taking an extreme and ultimately wrong position.
The the name of this nonsense, the Internet Archive damaged itself, perhaps mortally and damaged the concepts it stands for. Archives should be run by boards of archivists and librarians, not reckless activists.
- tptacek 2y agoPeople keep saying this, but it's unclear that there will be significant damages assessed in this case. 17 USC 504(c)(2) suggests damages will be waived as IA is recognized as a nonprofit and its copying was noncommercial. Likely the real damage here will be to legal precedent.
- Spooky23 2y agoFair, and I hope you’re right.
- gojomo 2y agoThis histrionic concern trolling about "mortally…damaged" is nutty, given that IA already settled the damages portion with the plaintiffs over a year ago for what seems to be some symbolic amount: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40203774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40203774 Perhaps diligent but conservative government archives should be run by your gray ideal of "boards of archivists and librarians". But the Internet Archive was founded to be an activist organization, in deed and legal strategy. When you start, fund, or staff an archive, you can run it as risk-averse as you'd like.